Writing Placement

Students are placed into first-year writing courses based on their standardized test scores. Check your scores on the following table to find the corresponding course you will be placed in:

ACT English

SAT Verbal (before March 2016)

SAT Evidence Based Reading & Writing (March 2016 & later)

CEEB AP English

CLEP English Comp

CLEP Freshmen Comp

English 101 with
English 109 co-requisite

1-17

200-440

200-500

n/a

n/a

n/a

English 101

18-24

450-560

510-620

n/a

n/a

n/a

English 102

25-30

570-690

630-720

3 - 4

50

53

Exempt

31-36

700-800

730-800

5

n/a

n/a

What to do if you are not satisfied with the test score placement:

Students are initially placed into first-year writing courses based on their standardized test scores. Knowing these scores can be limiting, we offer an alternative placement tool called The Write Class. An online tool, The Write Class will ask you to respond to a series of questions to determine the best first-year writing course for you.